Lobbying Relationship

Client

Fresenius Medical Care

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Lobbying firm

BGR Government Affairs

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  • Medicare reimbursement; End stage renal disease (ESRD) payment reforms; extension of Medicare sequester; telehealth policy and waivers; issues pertaining to Medicare Secondary Payer Act

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Government Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $4,050,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Related Foreign Entities: Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (Homburg, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.6331: Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now Act of 2010

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Jennifer Larkin Lukawski See prior filing See prior filing.
Mary Lacey Reuther Special Assistant, CMS Administrator
Shalla Ross Policy Director, House Republican Conf. Comm. See prior filing.
Robert Wood See prior filing See prior filing. Chief of Staff to HHS Secretary; Intern to Rep. Scott Klug
Dave Boyer See prior filing Sp Asst Pres LA, Asst Comm Leg, FDA Sp Asst to Sec HHS, Con Ass, Of of WH Lia DOD
Ryan Long See prior filing LC Rep Norwood; LA & LD Rep Barton; Prof. Staff, Csel, & Chief Csel Hse E&C Ctme
Robb Walton Senior Health Policy Advisor and Counsel Sen Cassidy; Advisor Rep. Cassidy; Healthcare Aide Sen. Enzi See prior filing Senior Health Policy Advisor and Counsel Sen Cassidy; Advisor Rep. Cassidy; Research Asst., Staff Asst., Intern on Senate HELP, Ranking Member, Sen. Enzi; Intern to Rep. Nunes
Charles Jefferson See prior filing See prior filing. COS Rep. Mike Thompson; Admin Asst. Rep.
Bill Viney Aide to Rep. Scott Klug
Mary-Lacey Reuther See prior filing.
Charles Jefferson (cont'd) Mike Thompson; Spec. Asst. Rep. Gephardt; Asst to COS Rep. Gephardt; Staff Asst, WH Office of Leg. Affairs; Staff Asst. Rep. Gephardt
Matthew Hoffmann St. Asst. Rep. Vitter; LC Rep. Vitter; Sen. LC .Rep. Vitter; LA Rep. Paul Ryan; Sen. LA Rep. Paul Ryan; LD Rep. Paul Ryan; Budget Analyst Rep. Paul Ryan; St. Dir. Health Subcmte House W&M Cmte; Policy Analyst Off. Speaker; Policy Dir. Sen. Fin Cmte. See prior filing
Jennifer Lukawski See prior filing Leg. Dir. Rep. Dornan, Ex. Dir., U.S. House Con. Act. Team (Rep. Study Comm.); Intern, Staff Asst. Rep. Courter
Danier Farmer St. Asst Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Leg. Corr. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Leg. Corr./Leg. Asst. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Leg. Asst. Rep. Zack Space; Sr. Leg. Asst. Rep. Zack Space; Leg. Dir. Zack Space
Daniel Farmer See prior filing Intern, Staff Asst, Leg. Corr./Leg. Asst. for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Leg. Asst., Sr. Leg. Asst., Leg. Dir. for Zack Space
Raghav Aggarwal Health Insurance Specialist, CMS; Senior Health Advisor (Detailee), Senate Finance Committee/Sen. Ron Wyden; Social Science Research Analyst, CMS; Intern, Sen. Feinstein; Secretarys Fellow, US Dept. of Interior
Bob Wood n/a
Jonathan Mantz n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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